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Santa Clarita Officials Look At Community Center, Open Spaces Land

Santa Clarita officials are eyeing two purchases at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, one for open spaces, and another for a permanent Canyon County Community Center.


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There’s a recommendation to purchase 114.2 acres in the Newhall Pass area, near the city’s Rivendale property, and more than six acres in Canyon Country.A lot proposed for a Canyon Country Community Center

They’re asking council members to also approve $4.75 million, including escrow and title fees, for 6.53 acres near the intersection of Soledad Canyon Road and Sierra Highway.

Canyon Country Community Center

Negotiations began in May with the Kim family, who own the currently undeveloped Canyon Country lot, according to city officials.

City Council’s approval would “secure a site suitable for future construction of the Canyon Country Community Center,” according to the City Council agenda.

“The site is centrally located to a significant amount of residential housing in Canyon Country, according to the agenda.

There’s the Jo Anne Darcy Canyon Country Library nearby, as well as senior housing, apartment complexes, mobile home parks and commercial shopping centers.

The current community center for Canyon Country, on Flying Tiger Drive and Sierra Highway, was established as a temporary site.

City officials declined official comment on plans for the site, citing the fact that the purchase had yet to be approved by City Council.

Open Spaces on Rivendale lot

The city initially looked at the lot, which is west of Calgrove Boulevard and The Old Road, back in March 2009, when it was offered for $3.5 million.

The lot was proposed for a since-abandoned housing development effort, known as Lyons Canyon Ranch, according to officials.

The city had the property appraised in September that same year for $2,275,000.

The decline in value and the volatility of the property market at the time were cited as factors that stalled negotiations.
Last August, the lot was valued at $1,090,000, and in July 2014, the city began negotiations again.

If the land buy is approved, there would be increased trail access in Rivendale Ranch, where the city owns 60 acres of open space, and it would provide trail connections into Towsley Canyon, according to city documents.

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Santa Clarita Officials Look At Community Center, Open Spaces Land

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Perry Smith is a print and broadcast journalist who has won several awards for his focused, hyperlocal community coverage in several different regions of the country. In addition to five years of experience covering the Santa Clarita Valley, Smith, a San Fernando Valley native, has worked in newspapers and news websites in Los Angeles, the Northwest, the Central Valley and the South, before coming to KHTS in 2012. To contact Smith, email him at Perry@hometownstation.com.